Weather Records on 29 January 1956

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1956. Highest significance: Covington 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 January 1956

On 29 January 1956, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
120 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 623 daily.
Covington 3 SW set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 29 January 1956.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 29 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ennore Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 338, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 29 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 29 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

577 broken records

Margins by which the 577 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1956

Top 20 records on 29 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1956	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1956	Cimarron 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Searcy, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Brownsville, US	all-time rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Newbern, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Holly, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Bairgania, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Osceola, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Lamar, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Miami, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Irwin, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1956	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 642 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	520
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1